I would like to share a gift with you but first, a little background: I love Yahoo! Answers. Like sometimes I become obsessed with it and think it’s the best thing the internet has ever given us. My love is not based on utility–I don’t use Yahoo! Answers–but rather the users of the site and their completely batshit questions.
Sure, sure, there’s occasionally a really legit question, like the one up on the front page of the site today: how do I take care of a compost pile? More often than not though, one gets the feeling that Yahoo! Answers users take to the site to ask questions that they don’t want to ask anyone else, which is why the site is awesome.
For instance: What would cause your belly button to “leak,” crust, and smell horrible for no reason? Or if that’s not weird enough, this question from a repeat-cheater: Why people are cheating on thier [sic] dear lovers? Is it something natural or just a human error? ? Or this randomness: Is is smart to wait until I am 40 or 50 to date if I want to be President? Um. WUT.
There are also the people who just use Yahoo! Answers to fulfill their need to be smug and self-righteous: What am I to make of a guy in a Smart car throwing a cigarette butt out of the window? Yeah, WTF? I’m so glad you brought this up.
And then, of course, there are the people who make up fake questions. This, my friends, is the aforementioned “gift” from me to you (actually from Kim to me to you):
Please, “Jacob B.” email me and become my best friend. (Obviously, if you’re not a Twilight “fan” this makes no sense, sorry).
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courtney - The best part is it is from OZ. Ahahahaha. Aaah.
*wipes tear from eye*
My favourite was the WHO WAS PHONE question. Oh, God, that was hilarious.
Oh, yahoo.
whitney - I don’t know this WHO WAS PHONE question. I will google it right away.
I was telling Sean about the “Good evening.” part this morning and could not control myself. I have a chest cold so it ended up this laugh/cough fit and it was nuts. Ahhh.